Rendering - Operator/Loader

Smithfield Foods; Milan (MO); On-site; Full time

Job summary

Join Smithfield Foods as an Operator/Loader in Milan, MO, where you'll perform a variety of plant labor tasks essential for the rendering process. This full-time position offers competitive pay and opportunities for career advancement along with a range of benefits designed to support your health and well-being.

Benefits

Comprehensive Health Insurance

Retirement Benefits

Tuition Assistance

Career Growth Opportunities

Qualifications

• Prior experience in a rendering facility or production environment preferred.
• Ability to work nights and/or weekends as needed.
• Ability to stand for entire shift and perform physical duties.

Responsibilities

• Perform housekeeping tasks including cleaning equipment and maintaining a safe work environment.
• Oversee rendering process from raw material bin to finished goods storage.
• Keep floor drains cleaned and assist with equipment maintenance.

Skills

Mechanical aptitude

General mechanics

Troubleshooting

Teamwork

Job description

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Rendering - Operator/Loader

Apply remote type Onsite locations Milan, MO time type Full time posted on Posted 3 Days Ago job requisition id R-2025-6728

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A great job-and a great future-awaits you at Smithfield Foods. We are an American food company with a leading position in packaged meats and fresh pork products. We’re looking for motivated people who want to join our team and grow lasting and meaningful careers with us. Apply Now!

Your Opportunity

Our team members receive industry-leading wages and are eligible for great benefits packages:

• Hourly Competitive Starting Pay – $22.25/hour
• Comprehensive Health Insurance, Retirement Benefits and More
• In addition, we offer opportunities for career growth, professional development, and tuition assistance.

Core Responsibilities

General Plant Labor

• Housekeeping, hosing down floors, moping, sweeping, emptying trash, picking up trash, etc.

• Shovel and clean up spills in the plant

• Keep barrels emptied of trash and product

• Clean equipment from top to bottom

• Help unstop screw conveyors

• Cut plastic and product off of screw

• Keep Floor drains cleaned out and covers on drains

• Expected to perform other duties as assigned

• Oversees rendering process from raw material bin to finished goods storage

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. May perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.

• Prior experience in a rendering facility or production environment preferred

• Knowledge of mechanical rendering and or process equipment

• Good mechanical aptitude and equipment troubleshooting; skilled in general mechanics and safe operation of equipment

• Ability to deal with minor problems involving equipment or various situations

• Ability to work nights and/or weekends as needed

• Ability to read and write

• Ability to climb stairs and silos

• Ability to stand for entire shift

• Ability to work well with others in fast paced, dynamic environment.

• Ability to be respectful, approachable and team oriented while building strong working relationships and a positive work environment.

Work Environment and Physical Demands

• Frequently required to walk, stand, sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crawl, and crouch

• Occasionally push, pull, move or lift up to 50 lbs.

• Regularly required to reach with hands and arms

• Job functions will be carried out in a rendering facility which requires tolerance for wet and/or slippery floors, and high heat and./or cold temperatures.

Relocation Package AvailableNo

EEO Information

Smithfield is an equal opportunity employer committed to workplace diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, gender identity, protected veterans status, status as a disabled individual or any other protected group status or non-job characteristic as directed by law.

If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment selection process, please call us at 757-357-1595.

Why Work at Smithfield Foods?

Smithfield is proud to offer robust, flexible and affordable benefit plans and programs to support our team members and their loved ones, and with out-of-pocket costs, on average, 20 percent less than plans offered by other employers.

Beyond our medical plans, our Be Well programs offer tools and resources to enhance your quality of life, at no additional cost. These programs are uniquely tailored to our Smithfield team and provide support for elective surgeries, weight loss, mental health, cancer, kidney disease, diabetes, smoking cessation, asthma, maternity management and more.

Our company invests in your future. We offer comprehensive training and professional development programs designed to help you reach your full potential. Our partnership with GUILD supports your continuing education with tuition assistance covering English language learning and various certificate programs, while our leadership development initiatives nurture high-potential talent. For those looking to build specialized skills, we offer apprenticeship programs that combine hands-on experience with focused learning. We also offer unique benefits like our Smithfield Scholarship Program for employees’ children .

Smithfield’s Education Reimbursement Program provides financial reimbursement to team members who want to further their formal education by obtaining a GED/High SchoolEquivalency (HSE) Diploma or by pursuing an academic degree at an accredited college or universitythat is not a Guild learning partner.

About Smithfield Foods

Headquartered inSmithfield, Virginia,since 1936, Smithfield Foods, Inc. is an American food company with a leading position in packaged meats and fresh pork products. With a diverse brand portfolio and strong relationships with U.S. farmers and customers, we responsibly meet demand for quality protein around the world. For more information, visit www.smithfieldfoods.com .


We believe in the power of protein toend food insecurity and have donated hundreds of millions of food servings to our communities.Smithfieldboasts a portfolio ofhigh-quality iconic brands , such asSmithfield, Eckrichand Nathan's Famous, among many others.

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